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| SW:TOR to go to a F2P model | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 31 2012, 02:44 PM (361 Views) | |
| SMN91 | Jul 31 2012, 02:44 PM Post #1 |
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Have any of you seen this news yet? Several game sites have reported (and SW:TOR themselves has a very nifty announcement page - here!) that Star Wars: The Old Republic will go to a free-to-play model in August. Now players will able to play the complete story, with limited access to other features. Here is a list of the features comparison between the monthly pay and the Free-to-Play. What do ya'll think of this hybrid F2P subscription model? I think it is an extremely intelligent way to do businees in the highly conpetitive MMO market. I think with them going to allow people to play the story, which is what BIOWARE is famous for, and then having the other features a paid-subscription is a pretty smart move. |
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| JDE | Aug 1 2012, 12:39 AM Post #2 |
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Yeah, I posted about this yesterday on the FB page. If I ever find the time for MMO's again, besides Battlefield 3, I may end up trying the free-to-play version. It's at the bottom of my list, however, because I still haven't gotten Diablo 3 yet. |
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| PieFtw | Aug 1 2012, 03:12 PM Post #3 |
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I read over the chart that SMN91 posted, and I think that it is a pretty sweet idea. I've always been a huge supporter of F2P, so long as it does not put people who can not pay as much as other people can at a disadvantage in things like PVP. This model seems pretty fair. I think I might even start playing it this Fall. |
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| Zeno | Aug 5 2012, 12:17 PM Post #4 |
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Battlefield 3 is an MMO? |
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| JDE | Aug 6 2012, 03:46 AM Post #5 |
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I thought it was considered one. Well, it's online component, anyway.
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| PieFtw | Aug 6 2012, 06:32 PM Post #6 |
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No, to be an MMO the game has to have a persistent world. Edited by PieFtw, Aug 6 2012, 06:33 PM.
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| JDE | Aug 7 2012, 12:10 AM Post #7 |
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Ah, I see. Well, what would it be considered, besides FPS? |
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| PieFtw | Aug 21 2012, 08:22 PM Post #8 |
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Nothing. You could tack on thing like action and multiplayer etc, but those aren't genres. |
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| JDE | Aug 23 2012, 08:46 PM Post #9 |
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Gotcha. Y'know, this reminds me. I need to sign into Battle.Net and keep my character from expiring. :O |
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| Ace | Sep 22 2012, 08:09 AM Post #10 |
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The Power of the Dark Side is Infinite.
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This move is bad and was not needed, and between this and the update 1.4 the game is starting to festering, and unfortunately probably going to ultimately die. |
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